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Arthur Mayo was educated at [[Berkhamsted School]]<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbmayo.htm Victoria Cross]</ref> and, following his naval career, at Magdalen Hall, now [[Hertford College, Oxford]]. | Arthur Mayo was educated at [[Berkhamsted School]]<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbmayo.htm Victoria Cross]</ref> and, following his naval career, at Magdalen Hall, now [[Hertford College, Oxford]]. | ||
He was 17 years old, and a [[midshipman]] in the Indian | He was 17 years old, and a [[midshipman]] in the [[Royal Indian Navy|Indian Navy]]'s [[naval brigade]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed took place on 22 November 1857 at [[Dacca]], India for which he was awarded the VC: | ||
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Arthur Mayo was educated at Berkhamsted School[1] and, following his naval career, at Magdalen Hall, now Hertford College, Oxford.
He was 17 years old, and a midshipman in the Indian Navy's naval brigade during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 22 November 1857 at Dacca, India for which he was awarded the VC:
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Indian Navy, Midshipman Arthur Mayo: For having headed the charge on the 22nd of November, 1857, in the engagement between the Indian Naval Brigade and the mutineers of the 73rd Native Infantry, and Bengal Artillery, when the former was ordered to charge 2 sixpounders which were keeping up a heavy fire. Mr. Mayo was nearly 20 yards in front of anyone else during the advance.[2]
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He died in Bournemouth on his 80th birthday.
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External links
- Burial location of Arthur Mayo "Dorset"
- News item "Arthur Mayo's Victoria Cross resides in the Museum of Bombay"
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- 1840 births
- 1920 deaths
- Military personnel from Oxford
- Royal Navy officers
- British recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford
- People educated at Berkhamsted School
- British East India Company Marine personnel
- Royal Indian Navy officers
- Burials in Dorset